Rhode Island team to come in Lamb Pro-Am in Cambridge on Sunday_BINARY_1014020

The food and dining blog Front Row Eats will be representing Rhode Island with chef Champe Speidel of Bristol's Persimmon restaurant in the Lamb Pro-Am on May 19 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. The competition unites professional

The food and dining blog Front Row Eats will be representing Rhode Island with chef Champe Speidel of Bristol's Persimmon restaurant in the Lamb Pro-Am on May 19 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. The competition unites professional chefs and amateur cooks.

The event, sponsored by BostonChefs.com and the Lamb Board, began with food bloggers in New England being sent a leg of lamb for which to develop a recipe. Front Row Eats' Nick and Monica Bucci earned one of the top six spots after successfully garnering votes online for their Braised Leg of Lamb Tacos in Dr. Pepper Adobo Sauce with Medjool Dates.

The Buccis will prepare their dish, with help from Speidel, for some 200-plus lamb-lovers.

Tickets to the event, which runs 2:30-5 p.m., cost $30.

Guests will get to try all six competing lamb dishes and drink beer from Narragansett, Mayflower and Rising Tide as well as a variety of Argentinean wines. In addition to Speidel, participating chefs include four from Massachusetts: Tiffani Faison of Sweet Cheeks BBQ, Louis DiBiccardi of Tavern Road, Michael Scelfo of Alden & Harlow, Dante De Magistris of Dante; and one from Maine, Mitch Gerow of East Ender. Bloggers include Samantha Tackeff of The Second Lunch, Jacki & Meese of Just Add Cheese, Pam Aghababian of Cave Cibum, Taryn Collins of (Sweetly) Serendipity, and Mainers Malcom & Jillian Bedell of From Away.